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Brodie,
From the sounds of it it sounds worse than it is. Generally re-glueing the nut in is not too difficult. May help though if you can post some photos so we can provide the best advice possible. I have alerted DB and the Gavmeister (the local luthiers) - one / both should be along to the forum in the next day or so to have a look.
Had exact same problem with my last build Brodie, it was actually quite a mess once I took the nut off and the factory had even extended the binding under one side of the nut in an effort to level it up. My solution was to lay down some putty and file it flat so I had a nice even surface to re-seat the nut. I would have said take the positive out of the nut coming off and actually replace it with a decent one but it sounds like you've already chucked it back on but oh well.
Don't over think it too much man... it's easier fixed than you think!
@Brendan: Thanks mate. See what advice the pros offer. I'll try and get some photos up. The nut coming off wasn't really my biggest concern. More annoyed about a shard snapping off my board.
@Nigel: I have only glued the fret board shard back on. The nut is still floating around free. I reckon I will replace it, because it is pretty poor quality. Recommendations on where to source one (bone or TusQ) cheap? Also, I like the sound of that putty idea... Might have to try it out.
as long as you know what you need, tusq is easy enough to find on ebay.
shoot DB an email, he can do a bone one for you
I've got bone from DB before ;) (sorry DB, couldn't help myself). It makes a huge difference to the tone compared to the plastics that come with the kits.Quote:
/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from stan on June 28, 2014, 11:00
as long as you know what you need, tusq is easy enough to find on ebay.
shoot DB an email, he can do a bone one for you
Definitely worth contacting him.
Waiting on the pictures...
Oky doky. Pictures.
Sorry it's taken me a while to get them up, but I'd still appreciate advice from you Gav.
Treble side:
http://i.imgur.com/x8v2Oti.jpg
Middle:
http://i.imgur.com/wXiAihT.jpg?1
Bass side:
http://i.imgur.com/8CfsOY4.jpg?1
Apparently it was only glued with a dab at the bass side and a dab at the treble side. There was none in the middle. It looks a little worse than it did prior to breaking off (due to panic mode, and me sanding the glue off), but it is fairly close to how it looked. There was always a large gap underneath the bass side, with no contact between nut and neck.
Obviously, I intend to replace the nut, because this one is dodgy. But how do I proceed from there?
Oh, and here's one of the bi-level, shonky route. Please excuse my dodgy glue sanding. :|
http://i.imgur.com/uHoQOP0.jpg
Good news is I have seen far worse :)
You will need to grab a flat file, preferably one that has a saftey edge and carefully file the whole shebang flat and square.
Next, i would throw the plastic nut and replace it with a bone one, I can easily cut you an over size to compensate for the loss of height from filing.
Oh, and when you glue any nuts in, all you need are two drops of superglue either end.
All too often folk over do it with the glue and if and when you want to change the nut it makes it next to impossible to remove without causing some damage to the headstock....